Solar Sharc

Repellency and durability are usually incompatible within a single material. Highly repellent surfaces are usually fragile , making them prone to erosion and have poor weathering resistance. The novel breakthrough of Solar Sharc® is to co-locate water repellent functional groups alongside active functional groups on nano-structured particles which bond to the resin matrix, cementing the silica nano-particles into the resin giving a tough, durable and transparent coating. The nano-particles are smaller than the wavelength of visible light, so do not scatter light, providing a high degree of transparency. Solar Sharc® is based on novel materials that can be manufactured at scale using standard manufacturing techniques.